NYC resident here and this is so true. I am bitter and negative towards everyone here... But when I go back home to New Mexico, where my parents still live, I radiate positivity and sunshine. NYC is kind of the worst.

Identical twin here. When we were babies they used birthmarks. But once we got older our personalities differed slightly. We still look the same and are very similar but once you know us there is no doubt who is who. My mom also said she could tell us apart by our cries. Now she can tell us apart because I never stopped crying.. ha!

As an identical twin here I would say the best thing my parents did was to encourage individuality. We are best friends and have practically identical personalities, but a twin is like a security blanket in a lot of social situations. Teaching them that they are equally valuable on their own will help them build self-esteem. Even at a young age my parents tried to show us this. Twins are an amazing thing and I know for me she is much closer than a regular sibling, almost like an appendage. Congratulations to you that you get to experience it with your children! And good luck.

Twin here. My parents kept us in different classes in elementary school to help us form our own identities. I think this really helped us to socialize with new people. Sometimes a twin can be like a security blanket when it comes to social situations so I do recommend giving them opportunities to socialize as individuals. Even now, at 25, we are best friends. Being a twin is the best blessing and I think for parents it's difficult at first because there are 2 instead of just 1 and I know my sister and I got into a lot of trouble before we could even talk because communication between us doesn't always need words. Just let them know they are still individuals that offer something unique to the world even though there is someone else who is very similar to them. Twin pride!

J and J Age: 25 (Not sure if we are identical or fraternal because placenta was torn so doctors couldn't tell if there was one or two. But doctors have speculated identical for various reasons one being we started our periods within a day of each others. Sorry if TMI but just to clarify)
1a. We look the same, well to a lot of people but I think we look different. We have very similar personalities. We are like best friends. Closer bond then either a best friend or a normal sibling. Would compare it to a limb almost. We have the same life goals and aspirations which helps us always have competition and also inspiration and support. Similar senses of humor, style, and general tastes and opinions. Also had the same rare injury caused by overuse dancing, multiple bilateral tibial stress fractures in both tibias.
1b. Aside from the potentially identical DNA, I think part of it might be that we were raised in the same environment so had similar exposures to things and life experiences. But we are quite different from our older sister and our mother forced us to be in separate classes until high school to help us have our own identities. I think our injuries that are so rare and yet we both had it is due to our identical anatomy and identical strenuous dance schedule.
2a. I am about 3/4's of an inch taller. I have titanium rods in my tibia's and she doesn't. In school she was more of the languages and history liker and I am more of a math and science. Also she was more of a tomboy and I was more of a girly girl. She also sucked her thumb in utero and kept the habit until like 1st grade, but I never did. I tried to but thought it was gross... Kids are weird. And a little bit different taste in guys.
2b. I think I'm taller because I chugged milk in my youth and I stand up straighter? I have rods because the second time I was injured I decided to try a more progressive treatment. While her first time with the injury wasn't as bad as mine so surgery wasn't an option the second time around. I think as far as different likes go it's probably the same as why any 2 people have different likes. I think it is interesting that she sucked her thumb and I didn't... made her time with braces a lot worse. It's interesting the vices some people have and others don't. No idea why. Perhaps she was a super stressed out infant and needed the calmness of her tiny thumb?
On a 1-10 scale I would say we are probably a 9 or 9.5 We are very similar.

I love Dance Academy! I wish the next season would come out already. Breaking Pointe I think is a cheap publicity stunt for an actually good company.... Kind of makes me lose respect for them... Way to go Adam Sklute.

I have so many favorites it is difficult to chose just one... or even a handful at that. But I am going to go with Daniil Simkin, Polina Semionova, David Hallberg, Marcelo Gomez... I guess pretty much any current dancer in ABT. For every dancer I recommend going to NYC and taking class at Steps. Morning class, there are 3 main ones that so many famous dancers take. It has been a dream come true to see these dancers working hard in real life. They all take class too and are striving for the same perfection.